Horizontal water-wheel



UNITED sTATEs PATENToFFIo Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,342, dated December 1859.- i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. G. CUSHING, of

`Dryden, inthe county of Tompkins and to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l, is a vertical section of my invention taken in the line as, w, Fig. 2. Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same taken in the line y, y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3, a plan or top view of a portion of the same. Fig. 4, a vertical section of a portion of the same, taken in the line s, e, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, A, represent two-rims which are connected by arms to a vertical shaft B. These rims may be of the usual width and they are encompassed by a spiral scroll C, con structed arranged and applied to the rims in the usual or in any proper way.

Between the two` rims A, A, the buckets D, are placed. These buckets are of metal, at least that would be the most preferable aterial and they are of curved form and made with double plates forming shells, as

shown clearly in Fig. 2. Each bucket is provided with bearings a, a, one at the top and the other at the bottom. These bearings are simply traverse strips connecting the two plates and perforated to receive a tube These tubesb, are a trifle longer than the height of the buckets and form i bearings for the two rims A, A, which are secured in proper position by bolts c, pass ing through the tubes Z). The tubes b, it will A be seen permit of a free turning of the buckets as the rims A, are not allowed to bear on them and said tubes also serve as pivots or fulcra on lwhich the buckets are turned when adjusted. l

the upper rim`A.

Through the uppenrims A, a series o oblong 'slots' d, are made. y `These slotsfare curved and formportions of a circle conl.. centric with their1 rim YA," asshown inlFig. 3. On this upper rim A, a ring E, is placed, y l y said ring having pins e, attached `td` ,its

i under side which passes through the slotsd, i

and into or between the. plates ofthebuckets," one pin passing into` eachbucket Vas shown clearly in Fig. ,Throughlthe ringxE, screws #pass said screwspassing through concentric curved `slots in theiing and int From the abovedesciiption be seen" y that by shifting the ring E, thebuckets may be adjusted so thattheissues willbe `more or less open'seeiFig. 2, inwhich the` issues, or the spacesbetween the inner of the buckets arenearly closedand F in which the issuestaremuch enlarged y shifting the position `of the ringE, the plus c, actuatethe buckets, the ringand buckets, y being secured atfthe iilesiredpointby screw-` y ing up the screwslf. `This operation `may` be very readilypert'ormed `and the dimen-` H sions of the issuesmde commensurate #with the head of water andf also withftlie powe required from the wheel,so thatytheman` y mum power of the head mayalways be obtained whether greafer or` less"`and the maximum powerof t e headisnotfrequired no more water willlbe usedf than isn sary. ,l l"

In case a bucket requires to be remove the work is Vreadilyjfdone by `removing ts bolt c, and tube b.` y "Elf f` I do not clai1n` broadlyfapplying adjust#` able bucketsto a wheel; but; i 1 f I do claim asnewand desire tolsecurefby` Letters Patente-V f y f The combination ofthe tubes, (b) `wit the bolts (c) and buckets D,the`wholeb`eing constructed and` arranged as `and for the l. purpose herein shown.anddescribed.` fp M. .1

` 1` BLG. CUSI-IINGL` f Witnesses: l 3 E. S. FARNHAM, I. P. FERGUSON. 

